by wordsywoman | Mar 31, 2020 | Revision and Editing
Position Three of the Comma Sutra in line editing addresses the commas which should occur between two, three, or more (though I wouldn’t recommend too many more) independent clauses in sentences. Usually, these independent clauses are connected by and, but, or or one...
by wordsywoman | Mar 24, 2020 | Book Marketing
I’ve been receiving Joanna Penn’s emails directing me to her helpful blog posts about writing and book marketing for at least of couple of years now. So when I started to dig into planning to market my next book, Taming the Twisted, I purchased a few of her book...
by wordsywoman | Mar 17, 2020 | Writing Craft
When I was a kid, as a way to fall asleep at night, I would picture elaborate “day dreams” in my head. I was always the main character. When I was a teen, these mostly involved imagining how my latest crush would realize his love for me and we would be together....
by wordsywoman | Mar 10, 2020 | Revision and Editing
Today we’ll tackle the intuitive comma in line editing. The one you really can only know is missing by reading your words out loud. I know, I know – reading out loud is a pain in the backside and embarrassing, especially if your kids have their friends over, but it is...
by wordsywoman | Mar 3, 2020 | Book Marketing
It’s finally here. Your book is in your hands. Hours of cramped fingers, writing, rewriting, revising, and proofreading are represented in its cream-colored type-written pages. But now comes the hard part – getting it into readers’ hands. Book marketing. You think...